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xenaswolf driving up their electric bill Member since August 2005 Posts: 2,319	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:23:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xenaswolf on Nov 24, 2007 1:23:30 GMT -5 This bird landed at a friends house in Houston. Any idea what it is?

karenfh fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2006 Posts: 1,495	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:42:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by karenfh on Nov 24, 2007 1:42:10 GMT -5 Just off the top of my tongue, it looks like a juvenile Red Tailed (Rufus?) Hawk? Wonderful pix! I'll get back to ya soon. How fun!
	Surprise: to cause to feel wonder or astonishment by being unexpected. Happens every time I crack (now cut!) a rock.

Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,491	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:49:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Nov 24, 2007 1:49:16 GMT -5 Nope: Adult Red Shouldered Hawk. We're training a Juvenile of that species right now and have a permanent party adult female in our Ed program...Mel

karenfh fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2006 Posts: 1,495	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:50:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by karenfh on Nov 24, 2007 1:50:11 GMT -5 Sorry, I meant this: Juvenile ferruginous hawk. Here in Nebraska, we call them red-tailed hawks. See if you think this is correct. www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/FEHA.html
	Surprise: to cause to feel wonder or astonishment by being unexpected. Happens every time I crack (now cut!) a rock.

karenfh fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2006 Posts: 1,495	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:53:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by karenfh on Nov 24, 2007 1:53:25 GMT -5 Thanks, Mel! Beautiful bird, beautiful pic, isn't it?
	Surprise: to cause to feel wonder or astonishment by being unexpected. Happens every time I crack (now cut!) a rock.

xenaswolf driving up their electric bill Member since August 2005 Posts: 2,319	Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:55:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xenaswolf on Nov 24, 2007 1:55:34 GMT -5 Thanks Mel

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Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 1:57:42 GMT -5

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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 24, 2007 1:57:42 GMT -5

Beautiful pic indeed! Very common hawk here in Ojai and we took in about 65 for rehab last year. Sort of a smaller woodland form of the Red Tailed Hawk and one of the smaller hawks in the Buteo group. The Ferruginous would be more common in Nebraska but is a monster big Buteo and likes to spend more time in open fields and on the ground than the Red Shouldered Hawk does....Mel

PS: Karen you should have lots of Red tailed Hawks in your area too as they occur commonly nationwide.

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Bird ID Please Nov 24, 2007 8:09:33 GMT -5

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Post by KG1960 on Nov 24, 2007 8:09:33 GMT -5

Nice photo there!!

I see these quite often here. Several years ago I was fooling around in my garage and heard a crash and glass tinkling. I went in the backyard to see what happened. At first I didn't see anything, but then noticed what looked like a brown ball on the ground by a broken bedroom window. I started to walk closer and the "ball" raised its head and I thought, " A bird! A hawk!" It staggered around a bit and then flew to a tree in the neighbor's yard. It sat there a time looking at me and I looking at it. Then it flew away. Happy to see it wasn't hurt.

Only thing I could think of was that maybe it was diving at something and misjudged its rate of climb or hit a nearby clothes line which interrupted its flight path. The window was a normal sized bedroom window, the blinds were closed, and its under a fairly wide eave.

Last Edit: Nov 24, 2007 8:10:44 GMT -5 by KG1960

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